Title:Global supply chains and international competitiveness
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Author(s):ALTOMONTE, Carlo; RUNGI, ArmandoDate:2014Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PP; 2014/04; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:The emergence of global supply chains, that is the organization of production processes in factories that are part of a network of suppliers located in different countries and specialized in specific production phases, ...

Title:Human rights and the rule of law
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Author(s):CORSTENS, GeertDate:2014Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI LAW; Centre for Judicial Cooperation DL; 2014/03Abstract:This paper examines the role of the Courts in ensuring that human rights that exist on paper are ‘practical and effective’ in application. The author conducts this examination by considering the important role of the rule ...

Title:Gender quotas and transformative politics
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Author(s):LEPINARD, EléonoreDate:2014Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PP; 2014/06; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:Gender quotas have become the preferred tool to increase women’s presence in decision-making bodies all over the world. Despite their uneven implementation and limited concrete outcomes, which depends on the context in ...

Title:Human well-being and the lost relevance of political science
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Author(s):ROTHSTEIN, BoDate:2014Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP LS; 2014/03Abstract:Recently, a public debate has started questioning the relevance of political science. In the United States, public funding for political science research is under attack in the Congress and major newspapers have carried ...

Title:Why should we read Max Weber today? : his conception of Wissenschaft
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Author(s):GHOSH, PeterDate:2014Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP LS; 2014/07Abstract:In 1964 the question of Weber’s present-day significance was an open one which was passionately debated, but in 2014 his canonical position is so secure that it seems superfluous. Nonetheless, the question should be asked, ...

Title:Academic freedom and the boycott of Israeli universities
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Author(s):FISH, StanleyDate:2014Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP LS; 2014/06Abstract:The paper begins by observing that very different notions of academic freedom emerge depending on whether the word "academic" is understood strongly. If it is, the freedom academics can claim is limited to the core duties ...